Because Dickens and Dostoyevsky and Woody Guthrie were telling their stories much better than I ever could, I decided to stick to my own mind.

The hollow horn plays wasted words, proves to warn that he not busy being born is busy dying.

There would be brilliant songs, but, as [Bob] Dylan admitted on the recent Martin Scorsese documentary about him (No Direction Home), the specific muse that inspired "It's Alright Ma" would not return.

Whatever colors you have in your mind, I'll show them to you and you'll see them shine.

Truth is an arrow and the gate is narrow that it passes through.

You'll find God in the church of your choice, you'll find Woody Guthrie in the Brooklyn State Hospital.

The picture you have in your mind of what you're about will come true.